Milestones

Ten years ago: The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series, 2-1, sweeping the Oakland A’s in four games.

Five years ago: France, the United States and Britain announced a treaty banning atomic blasts in the South Pacific - but only after France finished testing there the following year.

One year ago: The government laid out new rules to protect children’s privacy on the Internet and to shield them from commercial e-mail.